And the tourists still trying to evacuate. Also ahead, lawyers for donald trump just arriving for a high stakes hearing in the Election Interference Case. How much will trump be allowed to discuss publicly and could that trial begin as soon as january . It is 10 00 eastern, thanks for being with us on this friday, im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york, and we begin with the staggering death toll from the wildfires in hawaii. Authorities on maui revealing overnight at least 55 people have died in those fires, and by one account, up to a thousand remain missing. Communications on the island remain difficult making it hard to confirm who is safe and mauis mayor says intense Search And Rescue efforts are still underway. Search in the interior of the buildings. Were waiting for fema to help with that search, as they are equipped to handle the Hazmat Conditions of the buildings that have been burned. Shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with tourists still trying to evacuate. At this moment an afternoon the clock effort continues to battle six active fires on maui, including The Lahaina Fire that caused such heartbreaking destruction. Its worth underscoring again what we said at the top, these fires are now the second deadliest in modern u. S. History. In just a moment, ill talk with Speedy Bailey Of Hawaii Life Flight about the Rescue Efforts, but lets start with nbc news correspondent dana griffin, what are you hearing from those impacted . Reporter ana, i can tell you the people here are so resilient, many have lost everything, but they are Still Holding on to hope and really embodying a sense of gratitude. Right now on maui, the community is coming together to help those that have been devastated by these fires. Behind me at the maui evacuation center, hundreds once again slept here overnight, many have had their lives upended and some barely made it out alive. This was the horrifying scene just steps from sam youngers beach front home. Sam, his wife josey and their two dogs escaping with seconds to spare, as the inferno engulfed their neighborhood turning it into ash. It was devastating. It was unspeakable, unthinkable really just seeing what was going on, the destruction, all the people. Reporter this popular tourist town once rich in beauty and culture now gutted. Many residents left with scars physical and emotional as they fled in terror. Its like an apocalypse. Reporter as walls of flames surrounded mike jacinos home he and his wife had to dive into the water to escape getting burned. And the current was pulling us out. You cant see anything. Theres at one point we have fire on us, and we dont know where land is. Reporter finally making it back to shore, they desperately search for their missing dogs. Then heard the cries of their neighbors. It was like every ten feet it was help, help. And i helped as many people as i possibly could, but i couldnt go any further because theres too much heat. Reporter while thousands have been evacuated as the street burned, surf instructor lisa refused to leave instead rescuing others from their homes. We ran into a burning building. We rescued two kids, got them safe to their mom. Reporter residents of this sacred land now helping each other recover. Churches and shelters offering the displaced free clothes, food, and a safe place to sleep. Take a lot of work and a lot of years and a lot of manpower, but i have no doubt that it will bounce back. Reporter and that is kind of the sentiment were hearing from a lot of people, ana. They say that it is likely going to take several years and cost at least A Billion Dollars to rebuild, but they say, hey, maui is resilient, and theyre looking forward to seeing what it will look like in the years to come. Such Beautiful People and a beautiful place, its absolutely heartbreaking to see all those images. Dana griffin, thank you, please stay with us as i bring in speedy now. We just heard some really harrowing stories of the people who had in some cases just minutes to flee. I know you are a regional director of an air ambulance company. How would you describe what youre witnessing and experiencing right now . Thank you. Just to be clear, im the regional director for not only the air ambulance company, but importantly American Medical Response, and were the Ambulance Services that were on the ground during this event. Oh, my gosh. We provide services to maui county and have for some 45 years, and i want to say this is truly very sad from every perspective, the iconic town and maui. Our teams were truly heroes, ana. They worked tirelessly through the night alongside police and fire and other rescue workers. You heard some of the stories starting at about 5 00 p. M. On the 8th, we started to get word that the brush fires were coming into the communities, so all told, we transported about 30 patients in about 12 hours to Maui Memorial hospital. And im sure im sure so traumatic for those rescuers to be seeing and having to experience the conditions that the firefighters were battling and seeing people who were in need of help. What sort of conditions did they find the people in that theyve now flown and had to have med evacs . Well, the conditions as you can see on the video were horrific. There were high winds that made the fires and moving and working in that area dangerous not only to everybody but including the rescuers. So they had to dodge and work within those conditions, but during that period, we transported well, we transported 30 patients to the hospital with burns. Four of them were Critical Burns that had to be evacuated by life flight, our sister company, and again, this was all done within a 12hour period. There were eight transports off of maui to tertiary medical centers in honolulu and four of them were Critical Burns. Those air teams and ground teams worked tirelessly, as i mentioned, and they did their work. They do what ems does. Im very proud of that. While people were sleeping, they were working through the night. Wow. True, true heroes. Are Rescue Efforts still underway . Rescue efforts are still underway. Theyre still looking for missing people. We fear that the death count could rise, so there are Search And Rescue teams that are still in the area. As far as American Medical Response on the ground, were working with all the agencies, but were doing a lot of triage at some of the shelters. People are needing their medications. People are needing dialysis and all those services are being the community has come together. Im sure. With all the medical professionals on the island and even from outside that were part of that team. Yep. And were doing what we can do to assist and refer them to the care they need. In tragedies like this we see so much strength and courage and the best of humanity come out. Weve seen your video freeze a little bit during the course of our conversation, and i know power and communications have been out for much of the last few days. What are the Biggest Challenges youre facing right now . Well, always in every disaster, communications is one of the keys, and without cell phone coverage, this is hampering a lot of the efforts to find people, communicate. So during the event, you know, the radio system we had to rely on, and were shoring that up as we speak to make sure that we have we tighten up the Communications Link with the stadium s office here, but yes, getting supplies, we were able to airlift with our own aircraft the supplies that our crews needed within less than 24 hours, so they have the supplies and medicines that they need, but this is going to be a longer term event, and were working with all agencies to try to get, you know, the care to the folks that need it. And well be part of that team. Well, bust of luck to you, speedy bailey, thank you so much for taking the time. My heart is with you and your community, and thanks to day na dana griffin continuing to report from ground zero here in hawaii with the second deadliest wildfire in modern u. S. History, and then the fear that the death toll could still climb from the 55 confirmed deaths we have right now. Much more coverage out of hawaii later this hour, including the effort to evacuate tourists from the island. The ceo of Hawaiian Airlines will join us to talk about how theyre helping. And were also staying on top of a hearing happening right now, Donald Trumps legal team facetoface with the judge overseeing the Special Counsels Election Interference Case in washington, d. C. , the legal restrictions that could be placed on the former president. Plus, new details about the fbis deadly shooting of a man who allegedly threatened President Biden and other elected officials. Ahead, the surprising tip that led investigators to him. Were back in just 60 seconds. S. Age is just a number, and mines unlisted. Try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for Muscle Health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. Boost® high protein. 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Com tv happening right now, the federal judge overseeing the 2020 Election Interference Case against former President Trump is Hearing Arguments from both the Special Counsels team and trumps lawyers to determine what exactly the expresident is allowed to say publicly about evidence in the case. And prosecutors have also proposed a start date for the trial right after the new year. On january 2nd, thats what they want the trial to be. They think it should take about four to six weeks, which could take trump out of the Campaign Sprint right before the iowa caucus. Joining us now is nbc news investigative Correspondent Tom Winter along with Veteran Prosecutor and Trial AttorneyPaul Henderson. Tom, what are we watching at this hearing . Right, so our colleague Daniel Barnes is sending us some note from this hearing and apparently the judge just said mr. Trump like every american has a First Amendment right to free speech, but that right is not absolute. She says, and were paraphra paraphrasing, imposed at arraignment, the former president had to sign some of those conditions about a week ago when he was before the court, and she says without a protective order on disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfere with a fair trial. So thats what shes discussing at this point. The hearing began at approximately 10 01 this morning, and apparently they are hoping to or the judge is hoping to make a decision on this perhaps as soon as today. It doesnt sound like shes going to rule from the bench. Shell put an order onto the court document. We do anticipate getting some resolution on this today on this issue of the protective order. Back to your original point, and when we were starting off here, its about two things. Sounds look the judge is starting to address the president s the former president s ability to speak publicly about this case as well as the idea of the protective order, what types of things from evidence the former president can talk about. So trump in his Legal Defense team will get the discovery and will get the evidence that the government intends to present at their case, what prosecutors intend to bring up whenever this trail may happen. Theyll get any sort of information that might be beneficial for the former president at that time. Protective orders, i dont think ive ever done a report on a protective order, but it just shows how much attention is being paid to this case, but it also shows the idea that both sides have really dug in here and are litigating all the finer points. Federal prosecutors want to be able to show their evidence at the time and place of their choosing and the manner of their choosing. The defense, this is not uncommon, by the way, perhaps want to put some information out and raise some points about some of the things that are in this indictment. For instance, the cheeseboro memos, if you look at those, the New York Times has published them, the one on the 6th, it paints a certain picture. If you look at the one on the 9th. And cheeseboro we believe is one of the coconspirators, but unnamed. Thats just one example. I think thats going to be something that both sides are clearly fighting hard over and well continue to get updates. It doesnt sound like at this point the prosecutors are asking for a full gag order. Theyre not trying to stop the former president from speaking, which is important to underscore, but they do want to protect potential witnesses from being compromised or any kind of intimidation from happening here. Exactly. So paul, if you remember in a rally just a couple of days ago, trump was talking about this proposed protective order, and he said, quote, i will talk about it. I will. Theyre not taking away my First Amendment rights. Is that a comment the judge will take into consideration as she hears these arguments . It is, and i believe thats absolutely why she started with his First Amendment right. She was making it very clear that First Amendment rights are not absolute, and First Amendment rights are balanced when there are criminal trials every single day, especially when those comments, those words have an effect, an illegal effect. So you dont have absolute First Amendment rights anyway. The fact that he is talking about it publicly, i believe, its encouraging to me that the judge is paying attention to what prosecutors are filing and talking about the issues that theyve raised in a legal context in preparation for her decision that i believe is going to affirm the protective orders in ways that is more similar to what the prosecution is arguing, especially in a case like this. Again, these issues that were talking about with protective orders take place in every single criminal case. They are more especially prevalent when we have a grand jury and a case coming from a grand jury because in the case and even in this case in particular where you have elected officials, you have official documents, you have privileged conversations and protected witnesses, and we know that trump has attacked witnesses in the past, made their information public. This isnt something new or speculative. Weve seen behavior like this where people that are doing their everyday jobs, and not just civilians, so in a case like this, he has attacked investigators and agencies as well. So if theres information from the cia, if theres information from the fbi, thats not a bar for him to make public statements to denigrate those individuals and those agencies. These are all the reasons why these arguments are so important and this ruling is so important, but its also another indication of just how trump is going to attack his case as his defense and try and raise every issue that he can to delay, to obstruct, to derail the prosecution thats taking place, but this is almost a nobrainer and i would be very surprised if the judge rules in another way that doesnt protect and affirm the protective order as affirmed by the prosecution in this case. The thing that makes it more complicated, i suppose, is the fact that this is a defendant who is running for president and is in the middle of a campaign and is, in fact, the leading gop nominee front runner right now. I want to bring in former federal prosecutor brandon fox as well to this conversation. Brandon, trumps already pushed the envelope more than just about any other defendant. Hes posted sometimes threatening content on his social media. Hes railed against the justice department, the Special Counsel, even some judges involved at almost every rally he goes to, he seems to have no interest in abiding by any protective order imposed. So if youre the judge, how do you handle a defendant like this . And this goes back to some of what paul was talking about. This protective order is more about a fair trial and more act protecting witnesses than it would be about sensitive information. Typically youre talking about bank records, grand jury transcripts that you dont want to leak because theres an ongoing investigation, which may be the case. Really this is about not wanting mr. Trump to be intimidating witnesses. Not wanting him to be out there potentially making it so the jury pool is not considering the